Michael Bradshaw would remain a member of the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve until 1964.
12 Facts About Michael Bradshaw
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Michael Bradshaw finished his formal apprenticeship at John Dickinson in August 1956.
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Michael Bradshaw appeared in notable productions for the London Little Theatre in 1964, including My Fair Lady as Henry Higgins and as the title character in "Ross".
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Michael Bradshaw appeared at the Shaw Festival during its early years, most notably in the 1966 season with Artistic Director Barry Morse.
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Michael Bradshaw appeared that year, alongside actors such as Zoe Caldwell, Paxton Whitehead and Susan Clark, in productions of "The Apple Cart" as Pamphilius and "Misalliance" as the pilot, Joey Percival.
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In 1970 Michael Bradshaw appeared in the Original Broadway production of Barry England's Conduct Unbecoming as Major Lionel Roach, for which he was nominated for a Tony Award.
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Michael Bradshaw gained quite a reputation in the area, performing for the Huntington Theatre Company in productions such as Arcadia and for the Commonwealth Shakespeare Company's 1997 performance of "Romeo and Juliet" as Friar Laurence, The first Commonwealth Shakespeare Company performance to take place at the Parkman Bandstand in Boston Common.
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Michael Bradshaw appeared in productions for the Lyric West Theatre Company, The New Repertory Theatre, Boston Actors' Ensemble, Gloucester Stage Company and performed in the first ever Boston Theater Marathon.
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Michael Bradshaw did the play by play voice over commentary for the Looking Glass Technologies British Open Championship Golf Computer Game in 1997, worked on the PBS documentary "Africans in America" appeared on "Unsolved Mysteries" and the PBS series Nova among other programmes.
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Michael Bradshaw appeared in advertisements for The History Channel and the Massachusetts Department of Public Health as well as small roles or extra work in the films The Crucible, The Spanish Prisoner, The Proposition and State and Main.
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Michael Bradshaw was scheduled to take part in the Washington, DC premiere of The Invention of Love at the Studio Theatre, but due to illness was forced to withdraw, the first time he'd ever been forced to leave a production in his career.
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Michael Bradshaw's illness was diagnosed as cancer, and it grew worse until he finally succumbed on 13 December 2001 in a Newton, New Jersey hospital.